n an overwhelming majority of 17 to 4, and in defiance of a threatened veto by President Bush, the US Senate Finance Committee approved a bill to expand child healthcare using a large increase in tobacco tax. Most of the Republicans on the Committee joined the Democrats to vote in favour of the bill.

I'm glad that Bush is going to veto this piece of crap. I'm of the opinion that ideally, your tax dollars should go toward something you would want to support. Smokers don't give a shit about your fucking kids. Smokers probably don't give a shit about you either... Hell, smokers don't even care about themselves. There's probably more people who smoke who are struggling financially than there are financially secure. Taxing these people because you can't afford to care for something of yours which could have been prevented with a condom is just victimizing poor people with an addiction. Using the tax dollars in helping them quit, or in their own healthcare makes sense... other than that it's bullshit.

A better idea would be to legalize marijuana. Pot smokers would be more than happy to pay for your fucking kids in exchange for legalization.

Senate Panel Approves Huge Tobacco Tax To Fund Child Healthcare